A new species of the Hypsiboas benitezi group from the western Amazon Basin (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-108

  Faivovich, Julián ^a,b   Moravec, Jiří ^c   Cisneros Heredia, Diego F ^d   Köhler, Jöhn ^e,f  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^e ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^f Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Hylidae; Hypsiboas nympha; New species; Western Amazon Basin

Indexed keywords

FROG; NEW SPECIES;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA BENITEZI; HYLA LEMAI; HYLA MICRODERMA; HYLA RORAIMA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 33746074479     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/05-12.1     Document Type: Article

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